Can SVN handle Microsoft Excel files?

[YH Lin <YH...@BenQ.com>]

Dear all,

 

I want to use SVN to manage Excel files as version control.

Because our department use Excel files to write document.

Is possible SVN can handle Excel files normally & perfectly?

Thanks.

Br

YH Lin

 


 

 

 

 

Re: Can SVN handle Microsoft Excel files?

[Manuzhai <ma...@manuzhai.nl>]

> I would imagine that yes, you can put Excel files under version control, 
> but of course Subversion wouldn't be able to do automatic merges of 
> changes. You'd best use the needs-lock property available in Subversion 
> 1.2 so as to ensure that only one person works on a given Excel file at 
> a time.

Maybe if you save the Excel files in the XML format (first available in 
Office XP) Subversion could do some of the merges.

Regards,

Manuzhai


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Re: Can SVN handle Microsoft Excel files?

[Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>]

On 06.06.2005, at 10:08, YH Lin wrote:

> I want to use SVN to manage Excel files as version control.
> Because our department use Excel files to write document.
> Is possible SVN can handle Excel files normally & perfectly?

I would imagine that yes, you can put Excel files under version 
control, but of course Subversion wouldn't be able to do automatic 
merges of changes. You'd best use the needs-lock property available in 
Subversion 1.2 so as to ensure that only one person works on a given 
Excel file at a time.


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